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THE PROGRESS
VAN WILHITE,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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Entered aH eecond-cIaHS matter, Novem
ber 8, 1907, at the postoffloe at Jackson, Ga.
under ac tof Congress of March 3, 1879.
TELEPHONE NUMBER 166
Well, reckon Hoke caused the
Griffin cyclone, too.
Why not allow Mr. Smith the
same length of time in which to
accomplish his reforms as we
have allowed his predecessors to
accomplish theirs—two terms?
Hoke Smith is the only govern
or Georgia has ever had who has
given the teachers the attention
which is due them from the state.
He is the only governor who has
stood by the teachers at his own
sacrifice —and the teachers—both
women and men—should stand
by him.
Pensions will be paid in lump
sums just as soon as possible —no
matter who’s elected. It is the
widest folly conceivable to sup
pose that Joe Brown can cause
.the lump sum payments any
sooner than Mr. Smith. In fact
the latter seems just a little more
anxious to do so than the former.
What moral right have moul
ders of public opinion like The
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
to encourage and sanction gamb
ling by holding stakes? “Dia
mond Dick” or “Jesse James”
are equally as good literature for
a child to read as our daily
papers, if they are going to en
tourage our worst vices.
The latest eruption of the
liquor gang in the way of a liter
ary production, which The Pro
gress has received, is entitled
‘‘‘Beer as the Chief Ally of Tem
perance.” The first sentence of
this wonderful asservation is
taken from a preacher—negro
loving, South-hating Beecher—
who says he has a right to drink
whiskey. Brown and prohibition
are—But cease, be still. Let no
body mention liquor but the
liquor gang.
Respectable people will vote for
Joe Brown and Brown, himself,
so far as we know, may be a
respectable man. But if the
real truth were known it might
develop that many of the Brown
men are ashamed of their candi
date. For instance, a drummer
in Jackson the other day told this
story: “While in Atlanta a few
, days ago I saw 'Joe Brown pass
ing along the side walk. Near
where Brown was passing I saw
a man swinging on to a telephone
post for support and nearly kill
ing himself a-laughing. I step
ped up to his side and said ‘Friend
what’s so funny? The fellow
pointed to Brown and said: Just
to think we are going to beat
.Hoke Smith with that thing.”
WHY NOT SMITH?
Can the friends of the Hon. Joe Brown who are so anxious
to see Hoke Smith defeated at the next primary give one good
reason why Hoke Smith should not be elected, as is customary
to elect governors, for another term?
Amid all the matter that has filled the papers for some
time, we have been unable to see one good reason set for th
why Smith should not be elected. Not even the Macon Tele
graph with all its hatred for the present governor is able, to
give one sensible reason why he should not be elected again.
It is a very easy matter to charge a man with not having
done a thousand or two things, but it does not take a very
close observer to discover that Hoke Smith is not fought so
hard for what he has not done, but for what he has had much
to do in bringing to pass. The forces behind Brown are not
the forces that want to do what they claim Smith has not done,
but are the forces that want to undo what Smith has done.
If this moneyed power had any desire to benefit the coun
try, if its intentions were really good, not evil, then a stronger
man than Joe Brown would be selected to run for governor.
As it is, the influence that supports Brown wants a tool, not a
governor, wants a man that can be directed, not a man that
directs. A man that fails to manage his own personal affairs
correctly and successfully, is certainly not the proper one to
place at the head of the affairs of the great state of Georgia.
Hoke Smith is conceded to be one of the greatest men intel
lectually that the south has produced. Intellect is one essential.
He is conceded to be one of the best business men in the state.
Business qualification is another essential. He has gone as far
as any man could go in putting into effect his promises. We
need a man with power and influence enough to do things.
LEST YOU FORGET. ,
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it yourself and in this way help yourself and your county by
helping us to bear our expenses in giving the people a paper
worth while.
It costs “like rips” to publish the kind of a paper we are
now furnishing the people and we therefore need your support.
We could cut down our expenses—we could decrease the
number of printers —we could go back to the old one-sided,
patent sheet and thus join the ranks of sorry newspapers—
we could print three or four inches of news and fill the rest of
the paper up with old worn out cuts and nasty, fakey medical
advertisements, and thus continue to exist.
Yes, we could do all this and worse. It is not a question
of existence, but a question whether the people will help us to
give them the kind of a newspaper they want and need.
The ideals of The Progress are higher than that of mere
spreading and smearing and splotching of ink on white paper,
and if we cannot do a little better than this we will hang up
the fiddle and the bow and pass on.
“Doubt thou the stars are fire
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar’ ’
but never doubt that The Progress is no exception to the gen
eral rule that in the business world, especially, it takes the
coin to make the “mare go round.”
REPLY TO A. H. S. DAVIS.
“When cows and mules ride bicycles,
And men eat grass and rocks;
When turtles shed their shells and fiy,
And bull-frogs wear silk frocks;
When elephants roost upon trees,
And cat-fish eat ice cream:
When snails and chinches study art,
And rivers flow up stream;
When humming-birds bray like donkeys,
And fire-dogs wag their tails;
When women get to church on time,
And earth-worms feed on quails;
When wool grows on hydraulic rams,
And three times one are eight;
When foxes lay eggs in the sand,
And black snakes walk up straight;
When tadpoles swallow buffaloes,
And eagles hate to soar;
When female lions are tame as hens,
And roosters learn to roar.”
When “Uncle Steve” learns to write poems,
And gold is made of tin;
Then Joe Brown will be governor—
And not till then.
—A Voter.
Now that prohibition is a dear
issue, as the papers say, let the
liquor gangs quit sending out
their liquor literature. The Pro
gress has received more than one
of Ithese lengthy asseverations
which have flooded the state.
We have not received any temper
ance literature, and the man who
denies that the liquor interests!
have not been trying to influence
public sentiment in their favor
does not know what he is talking
about.
Gentle voter, did you notice]
that account of the Republican
Convention up in the Seventh
District, as reported in the daily
press, where the negro chairman
urged all the negroes to be at the
poll June 4th, urging their white
friends to vote for Joe Brown?
Wouldn’t that be a picture
though? NOBODY in Georgia will
stand that except the whiskey
election in Georgia. All decent
Joe Brown men, and there are
not a few, will resent it as heart
ily as do all Hoke Smith men.
Covington Enterprise.
Business and visiting cards a
specialty at the Progress office.
Straw Hats
50 per cent off
We have closed a deal with
one of the hat
houses in the United States for
a big lot of straws at 50 Cents
in the dollar—prices ranging
from 19 cents to $15.00.
Panamas! Panamas!
The chance of your
life to get a genuine Panama at
about half price.
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